Olá!

I'm João Beraldo, Lead Game Designer of the Assassin's Creed Brand.

During the last 20 years, I have worked with Creative Directors to define the vision of games small and large, then designed, prototyped and balanced hundreds of game features and content.

Here you can find a few of my more relevant works.

Thank you!

Selected Projects

Assassin's Creed Mirage

Genre: Action Adventure
Engine: Anvil

Platforms: PC, Consoles

Release date: October 2023

Role: Senior Game Designer

Pitched, Designed and Balanced all of the player's tools
Designed 8 upgrades for each tool, and the effects of combining them
Designed AI reactions and environment effects
Lead a multidisciplinary team in two different countries

Profane

Genre: Action MMORPG, Third-Person
Engine: Unity

Platforms: PC

Release date: TBA

Role: Lead Game Designer

Defined the Game Vision with the CEO
Designed Dynamic Content Systems (levels, Encounters, Quests)
Created the IP based on original art
Prototyped various game mechanics
Designed new levels, items and creatures for the pre-alpha
Built the game design team from scratch
Helped define the roadmap and workflows with other teams

Taikodom: Living Universe

Genre: Space Sim MMO
Engine: Unity

Platforms: PC

Release date: 2012

Role: Lead Game Designer

Designed AI, Quest and Dynamic Encounter content
Designed many levels
Worked with the Art team to create dozens of characters and ships
Lead a Team of 8 Game Designers of various specialties

Taikodom: Consortium

Genre: Space Sim MMO
Engine: Proprietary Engine

Platforms: PC

Release date: 2008

Role: Lead Content Designer

Designed the IP
Created 200+ quests and characters
Designed many levels
Written two companion Novels
Lead a Team of 4 Content Designers

Venturion

Genre: Hyper VR Puzzler
Engine: Unity

Platforms: Location-based

Release date: 2017

Role: Senior Game Designer

Designed the Puzzles and levels based on a prototype
Created the IP
Written Dialogue and worked with voice actors

Angest

Genre: VR Adventure
Engine: Unity

Platforms: Gear VR

Release date: 2017

Role: Senior Game Writer

Co-Created the IP
Written Dialogue
Designed some of the Puzzles

Shiftlings

Genre: Puzzle Platformer
Engine: Unity

Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch

Release date: 2018

Role: Level Designer

Created some Levels
Designed some mechanics